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Sealed rail corridors to close streets, build bridges
City Council members are getting close to a decision on where they stand on an early plan to update local rail lines and crossings in advance of high-speed train service from Raleigh to Richmond.
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Starting this week, the Record will begin bringing you the crime statistics released by the Raleigh Police Department each week.
Record writer Jennifer Wig takes the train to Charlotte.
Drivers hitting a street in North Raleigh this week should start seeing a 9-foot-long reminder to share the road. Maintenance crews are scheduled to begin applying “sharrows,” this week on Northclift Drive. They’re just one part of a decades-long plan to make the city more bicycle friendly.
Councilors gave final approval for the Hillsborough St. bike lanes and started thinking about another set. They also passed $10 million in bonds for solid waste facilities and got a $1.3 million stimulus grant for a geothermal system.
City councilors learned Tuesday just how much greenhouse gas emissions they’re putting into the atmosphere. Three years ago the city council set a target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 20 percent, and a new emissions inventory sets 2007 as the baseline for making those reductions.
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Competing gay marriage demonstrations
Demonstrators for and against gay marriage rallied downtown Tuesday.
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RPR pig pickin’ fundraiser Sept. 19
Save the date! Sunday, Sept. 19 at 4 p.m. Join us for local food, local music, and support local independent journalism.
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Sunshine blog: City department heads’ expense reports»
In our continuing efforts to bring more sunshine to Raleigh city government, this is our second annual edition of what we’ll now call the Expense Report. Below you will find the full documents of the expense reports, credit card statements and requests for reimbursements from city department heads, the mayor and city council members.
1883 Election and Ouster of Black Aldermen»
The story of a reconstruction-era election, and the Democrats’ reconstruction of the results.
